# 2008 Qatar Open

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Tennis tournament

2008 Qatar ExxonMobil Open Date 31 December 2007 – 5 January 2008 Edition 16th Category International Series Draw 32S / 16D Prize money $1,110,250 Surface Hard / outdoor Location Doha, Qatar Venue Khalifa International Tennis Complex Champions Singles Andy Murray[1] Doubles Philipp Kohlschreiber / David Škoch[2] ← 2007 · ATP Qatar Open · 2009 →

The **2008 Qatar Open**, known as the **2008 Qatar ExxonMobil Open**, for sponsorship reasons, was a [tennis](/source/Tennis) tournament played on outdoor [hard courts](/source/Hard_court). It was the 16th edition of the [Qatar ExxonMobil Open](/source/Qatar_ExxonMobil_Open), and was part of the [International Series](/source/ATP_International_Series) of the [2008 ATP Tour](/source/2008_ATP_Tour). It took place at the [Khalifa International Tennis Complex](/source/Khalifa_International_Tennis_Complex) in [Doha](/source/Doha), [Qatar](/source/Qatar), from 31 December 2007 through 5 January 2008.

The men's singles field was led by [ATP](/source/Association_of_Tennis_Professionals) No. 4, [US Open semifinalist](/source/2007_U.S._Open_%E2%80%93_Men's_singles#Finals) and [Moscow](/source/2007_Kremlin_Cup) champion [Nikolay Davydenko](/source/Nikolay_Davydenko), [Metz](/source/2007_Open_de_Moselle) titlist [Tommy Robredo](/source/Tommy_Robredo), and [St. Petersburg](/source/2007_St._Petersburg_Open) winner and [2007 Doha](/source/2007_Qatar_ExxonMobil_Open) runner-up [Andy Murray](/source/Andy_Murray). Among other top seeds competing were [Doha defending champion](/source/2007_Qatar_ExxonMobil_Open) [Ivan Ljubičić](/source/Ivan_Ljubi%C4%8Di%C4%87), [Stockholm](/source/2007_Stockholm_Open) winner [Ivo Karlović](/source/Ivo_Karlovi%C4%87), [Philipp Kohlschreiber](/source/Philipp_Kohlschreiber), [Igor Andreev](/source/Igor_Andreev) and [Dmitry Tursunov](/source/Dmitry_Tursunov). Third-seeded [Andy Murray](/source/Andy_Murray) won the singles title.

## Finals

### Singles

Main article: [2008 Qatar Open – Singles](/source/2008_Qatar_Open_%E2%80%93_Singles)

[Andy Murray](/source/Andy_Murray) defeated [Stanislas Wawrinka](/source/Stanislas_Wawrinka), 6–4, 4–6, 6–2

### Doubles

Main article: [2008 Qatar Open – Doubles](/source/2008_Qatar_Open_%E2%80%93_Doubles)

[Philipp Kohlschreiber](/source/Philipp_Kohlschreiber) / [David Škoch](/source/David_%C5%A0koch) defeated [Jeff Coetzee](/source/Jeff_Coetzee) / [Wesley Moodie](/source/Wesley_Moodie), 6–4, 4–6, [11–9]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-ms_1-0)** ["2008 Doha – Singles draw"](https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/doha/451/2008/draws?MatchType=singles). Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-md_2-0)** ["2008 Doha – Doubles draw"](https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/doha/451/2008/draws?matchType=Doubles). Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).

## External links

- [Official website](https://archive.today/20070103055056/http://www.qatartennis.org/qemo2007/home.htm)

- [Singles draw](http://www.protennislive.com/posting/2008/451/mds.pdf)

- [Doubles draw](http://www.protennislive.com/posting/2008/451/mdd.pdf)

- [Qualifying Singles draw](http://www.protennislive.com/posting/2008/451/qs.pdf)

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